English tales

уаllеу ["vrelI] - долина

surrounded [sЗ""rаundId] - окруженный thick mist ["8Ik "ШIst] - густой туман tired ["tаIЗ"d] - уставший

choose [tSu:z] - выбрать, выбирать suddenly ["sлdпlI] - вдруг, внезапно beard [ыI"d]] - борода

sackcloth ["srekkЬ8] - мешковина, холст dust [dлst] - пыль

society [SЗ""SaIЗ"tI] - общество

deserted ["dеzЗ"tId] - необитаемый, пустынный

spinning-wheels ["SРШIlJ"wi:lz] - прялки

through [8ru:] - через, сквозь clear [klIЗ"] - ясный

ate [et] - съел (прош. вр. OT.tO eat) half [ha:f] - половина

drank [drre1Jk] - выпил (прош. вр. от to drink)

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stream [stri:m] - ручей

inhabitant [шпreыIз"пt]] - житель, обитатель mill [mIl] -·мельнИца

forge [Ь:dЗ] - кузница

cheerless ["tSIЗ"lIS] - безрадостный, без настроения

gloomy ["glU:mI] - мрачный

idle [шdl] - неработающий pipe [ршр] - трубка

fairy [ТеЗ"П] - волшебный giant [dзшЗ"пt] - великан

yule-logs ["jи:lЬgz] - большие поленья, сжигае- мые в сочельник перед Рождеством

maiden [meIdn] - девушка

golden ["gоиldЗ"п] - золотистый, золотой thread [8red] - нитка, нить

hearth [Ьа:8] - домашний очаг

! harvest Ьоте [na:VIst поит] - праздник урожая cheer [tSIЗ"] - возглас, приветствие

fire light ["fшЗ"lшt] - свет от камина ring [Пl)] - кольцо

spring [SРПl)] - источник, ключ

castle court [Ka:sl K~:t] - двор замка dry [draI] - сухой

dreary ["dпЗ"п] - унылый, нудный, тоскливый overspread [1З"иvЗ""spred] - покрывать, распрост-

ранять

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tune [tju:n] - мелодия, мотив

purpose ["p<:r-:p<:r-s] - намерение, цель

escape [IS 1<:eIp] - исчезнуть, убежать тооп light ["mu:nlaIt] - лунный свет lark [la:k] - жаворонок

аhuman voice [llju:m<:r-n "VOIS] -человеческийголос

careful [1<:E<:r-ful] - аккуратный, точный to Ье аЫе [eIbl] - быть способным

touch [tлtJ1касаться, прикоснуться

for the sake of - ради... , из-за

fill the air - наполнить воздух

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STEP1

Согласись (+) или опровергни (-) следующие

утверждения:

1.Merrymind was the tenth chi1d in the fami1y. ( )

2.His father and mother had five children and thirteen sheep. ( )

3.The great fair happened only опсе in seven years.( )

4.Every chi1d got а si1ver реппуfrom the father. ( )

5.Before evening everybody of the family got rid of their топеу. ( )

6.Merrymind bought а ЬаН for а silver реппу. ( )

7.Merrymind bought the broken-stringed fiddle for а silver реппу. ( )

8.Everybody praised Merrymind. ( )

9.Merrymind knew where а little grey-haired

тап lived. ( )

10.Strongarm was ап old тап as tall and large as апу three теп of the north country. ( )

11.Merrymind slept оп the floor in the deserted cottage.( )

12.The Ьоу saw two fair maidens, аН in white, spinning оп si1ver wheels and singing together

аpleasant tune like the larks оп Мау morning. ( )

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STEP2

Пользуясь подсказками, составь небольшой рассказ о мальчике Весельчаке.

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STEP3

Расположи рисунки так, чтобы они помогли тебе рассказать содержание сказки по порядку.

Francis Browne

STEP4

Прочитай описание долины, принадлежавшей

Dame Dreary (госпоже Тоске), и сравни его с опи­

санием этой же долины, когда она принадлежала

Lady Littlecare (леди Беззаботной). Придумай за­

главие к каждому рассказу.

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The valley was the fairest spot in аН the north country.

The sun shone brightest. Summers were the longest. Fairies danced оп the hill tops.

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Strongarm kept the pine wood. Не was sleeping in the sun.

Two fair maidens· spun golden threads Ьу the hearth of every cottage.

The people had merry times.

Laughter сате red firelight out of every house in the evening.

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The fairies departed.

Hard work and hard times overspread the уаНеу. Strongarm grew old and took ир а basket of dust. The night-spinners were seen по more in anу man's

cottage.

There was по Ыие sky nor bright sun in the morning because the heavy mist was everywhere.

АН the inhabitants were busy in houses, in fields, in miHs, in forges.

Every face looked cheerless and gloomy. The peple didn 't talk ог laugh.

STEP5

Ответь на вопросы, используя слова-подсказки в скобках. 3атем придумай несколько предложений

оледи Беззаботной и даме Унылой.

1.How old was she? (young, old).

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2.What was she? (cheerless and gloomy, cheerful and merry).

3.What colour did she like? (dark and grey, white and cherry colour).

4.What did she like to do? (danced with аН her might, spun and worked аН the time).

5.Did she like the shining sun? (yes, по).

6.Did she like the heavy mist? (yes, по).

7.Was she happy? (yes, по).

STEP6

Ответив на вопросы и заполнив клеточки кросс­

ворда по вертикали и по горизонтали, ты сможешь

прочитать имя одного из главных героев сказки:

1.Where did Merrymind play his fiddle?

2.What instrument did the Dame spin?

3.Whom did the valley belong to? What was her

пате?

4.How did the people in the valley look like?

5.Merrymind bought а broken-stringed fiddle for а silver реппу. Was the fiddle clean?

6.What did the family do when they saw а brokenstringed fiddle?

7.Where did Merrymind Ьuу the fiddle?

8.What was Lady Littlecare like?

9.What season was the fair in?

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